Little Axe - Hard Grind - VINYL LP
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First time vinyl edition of the 2002 album by Little Axe, the blues-infused alter ego of guitarist Skip McDonald, member of The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead, and more, and musical arranger on a large swathe of the On-U Sound back catalogue. InchA dreamy, hazy cipher of an album that settles slowly and lazily over the listener, displacing his or her sense of time and space. Snippets of singers wafting ghostly out of the ether only to re-enter the mist and wind themselves around a slow, sultry, steamy rhythm, a heavily seductive mix that slithers around McDonald's awesome and understated guitar playing. It comes from the swampy underbelly of the Delta blues bible, and Adrian Sherwood's smoky, dubbed-out effects, loops, and echo chambers are everywhere, with sounds that come from out of time yet seem to belong right where they are. Inch Thom Jurek, All Music Originally issued in the USA on Fat Possum Records. Edited for vinyl by Adrian Sherwood. Re-cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery. Contains printed inner sleeve. Album Tracks 1. Dark As the Night, Cold As the Ground 2. Blues Story II 3. Run Here Boy 4. All Night Party 5. Midnight Dream 6. Long Way to Go 7. Walk Right Shoes 8. Down to the Valley 9. Tight Like That 10. Seek the Truth
- GenreReggaeDescriptionFirst time vinyl edition of the 2002 album by Little Axe, the blues-infused alter ego of guitarist Skip McDonald, member of The Sugarhill Gang, Tackhead, and more, and musical arranger on a large swathe of the On-U Sound back catalogue. InchA dreamy, hazy cipher of an album that settles slowly and lazily over the listener, displacing his or her sense of time and space. Snippets of singers wafting ghostly out of the ether only to re-enter the mist and wind themselves around a slow, sultry, steamy rhythm, a heavily seductive mix that slithers around McDonald's awesome and understated guitar playing. It comes from the swampy underbelly of the Delta blues bible, and Adrian Sherwood's smoky, dubbed-out effects, loops, and echo chambers are everywhere, with sounds that come from out of time yet seem to belong right where they are. Inch Thom Jurek, All Music Originally issued in the USA on Fat Possum Records. Edited for vinyl by Adrian Sherwood. Re-cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery. Contains printed inner sleeve. Album Tracks 1. Dark As the Night, Cold As the Ground 2. Blues Story II 3. Run Here Boy 4. All Night Party 5. Midnight Dream 6. Long Way to Go 7. Walk Right Shoes 8. Down to the Valley 9. Tight Like That 10. Seek the TruthArtistLittle AxeTitleHard GrindFormatVINYLLabelOn-U Sound
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